West Nile Death Toll Rises To 7

U.S. & LATIN AMERICA - The Nation - In Brief

August 10, 2002

NEW ORLEANS -- The death toll from the worst outbreak of West Nile virus in U.S. history climbed to seven Friday as Louisiana health officials said two more people had died of the mosquito-borne disease. The governor of Mississippi declared a state of emergency as the number of cases there increased. The number of cases in Louisiana has risen to 85, and the state is still waiting for test results on 90 blood samples.